One person was killed as Typhoon Morakot slammed into east China's Fujian Province on Sunday.

Morakot made landfall in the coastal areas of Beibi Town, Xiapu County in Ningde City, at 4:20 PM, packing winds up to 12 kilometers an hour in its eye, the province's meteorological bureau said.

The eighth typhoon of the year had previously triggered continuous downpours and strong winds before its landing in Fujian and neighboring Zhejiang Province.

Five houses were destroyed as the typhoon brought rainfall of 700 mm to Wenzhou City in Zhejiang just after 8:00 AM on Sunday.

Four adults and a 4-year-old boy were buried in debris and the child died during the afternoon after emergency treatment failed, the city's flood-control headquarters said.

More than 490,000 residents of Zhejiang and more than 505,000 from Fujian have been evacuated to safer areas.

(Xinhua News Agency August 9, 2009)